The 2013 edition of the annual Edelman Trust Barometer found "a very significant crisis of leadership, " said RichardEdelman, president and CEO of Chicago-based public relations firm Edelman.
RichardEdelman, a critic of the Malkins' proposal, wasn't part of the group that challenged the provision but he said the investors who brought the case hoped to win on appeal.
Several years back, PR Guru RichardEdelman started an annual survey called the Trust Barometer and he discovered that in most years, most people are mostly influenced by people like themselves, rather than advertising or point of purchase displays.